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On 2024-12-07 21:02:13 +0000, Blueshirt said:
> The True Doctor wrote:
>> 
>> So Davies is confirming that hardly anyone watched Doctor
>> Whoke on Disney+ and is claiming streaming services are shit
>> and its better to make shows the old way in order to prepare
>> everyone for the fact that Disney+ won't be renewing Doctor
>> Whoke and as a result he's told Disney to go out and fuck
>> grass. Unless wokery is driven out of the entertainment
>> industry no good new writers, directors, and other TV creators
>> will ever emerge.
> 
> The big streaming services are pricing themselves out of it for
> some people, but what they have delivered is quantity of
> content. There's no longer just four channels to watch, with
> programmes only on at set times. You can watch what you want,
> when you want. Viewers are more picky and choosy with their
> entertainment choices these days... and if they don't like
> something, they will switch it off and watch something else.
> 
> RTD needs to look in the mirror if not as many people are
> watching Doctor Who as he'd like... it has got nothing to do
> with the streaming "bubble". Whatever the Disney+ viewing
> figures are they don't affect how Doctor Who performs in the UK.
> Which should be the most important metric to the BBC.

The BBC doesn't have advertising, so the number of viewers watching 
isn't as relevant as it is for regular advert-funded TV networks.